Sundays at Mena's Garden

Good morning #flowerfriends! We had a snow storm delay so "Sundays at Mena's Garden" has become "Mondays at Mena's GardenGarden!" It's time to pre-sprout your #ranunculus & anemone forms to encourage early growth healthier plants & early blooms! Here's how: Rinse the corms then soak them in water for 3 to 4 hours at room temperature! Prepare your container one for each tupe. I use crates filled about a third of the way with potting soil, but you can also use a seed starting c

Philomena Asante

Feb 231 min read

Sundays at Mena's Garden

Welcome to another episode of "Sundays at Mena's Garden," where I share what I am doing to prepare for the growing season to inspire all of my home gardeners to grow more flowers. In this video I share the seeds I have purchased that I hope will, in a few months, make its way into one of your bouquet! This year I am only taking 10 lucky subscribers a month for my CSA. Which month should you choose?--here's my guide: If you love liliacs poppies & irises then May, peonies, ya

Philomena Asante

Feb 161 min read

Sundays at Mena's: How to Grow Sweet Peas!

Hello flower friends! Despite the bone chilling weather, spring will be here in a couple of months! So its time to start your seeds. One of my favorite things to grow are sweet pea 🫛flowers! Now these are not the ones you eat! This is "Lathyrus Odoratus," a colorful fragrant cool weather loving climbing vine. You want to start the seeds NOW and put them in the ground just as the daffodills are coming up...Here are my tips for growing after many failures ( these instruction

Philomena Asante

Feb 82 min read